Prof. Rossella Nappi Italy Full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chief of the Research Center for Reproductive Medicine and Gynecological Endocrinology-Menopause Unit, IRCCS San Matteo Foundation, University of Pavia, Italy Professor Nappi’s major interests are psychoneuroendocrinology of female reproductive and post-reproductive life, with a special focus on women’s sexual health. She has published more than 300…
Prof. Johannes Bitzer Switzerland Director of the Diploma of Advanced Studies in Sexual Medicine at the Advanced Study Center of the University of Basel, and Emeritus Professor at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Hospitals of the University of Basel, Switzerland. Professor Bitzer is former Head of the Division of Psychosomatic and Psychosocial…
Prof. Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis Germany Professor of Internal Medicine. Director of Master (MSc) Program of Infectious Diseases, 4th Department of Internal Medicine, ATTIKON University Hospital, Greece. Guest Professor, Center for Sepsis Control and Care, Jena University Hospital, Germany. Professor Giamarellos-Bourboulis is an internal medicine and infectious diseases specialist. His main research contribution is immunomodulation in…
Prof. Enrique de MadariaSpain Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, Miguel Hernández University, Elche, Spain. Coordinator of the Biliary-Pancreatic Unit at Alicante’s University General Hospital. President of the Spanish Association of Gastroenterology. Professor de-Madaria’s research interests are in pancreatic diseases, with a special interest on collaborative research. He has designed and led both national and international collaborative studies…
Dr. Bernard Vrijens Belgium Dr. Vrijens is invited Professor of Biostatistics and the University of Liege, Belgium and CEO of AARDEX who develop and market hardware, software and algorithmic solutions to measure and manage medication adherence. An early career as a Chief Science Officer and a Statistician led to an interest in compliance patterns and biostatistics…
Prof. Matthias Löhr Sweden Professor of Gastroenterology & Hepatology at the Karolinska Institut, Sweden and leads the Pancreatic Team at Karolinska University Hospital. Professor Löhr’s research interest is in pancreatic diseases, both clinically and in the lab. His focus is on chronic and autoimmune pancreatitis, pancreatic exocrine function and testing, and the endo-exo-axis. He has conducted…
Prof. Rob HorneEngland Rob Horne is Professor of Behavioural Medicine at University College London. His research focuses on the role of psychological and behavioural factors in explaining variation in response to treatment. Rob trained in pharmacy and health psychology. A key theme in his research is the understanding of patient and public perspectives of illness…
Prof. John Piette United States Professor in the Department of Health Behavior Health Education and Director of the Center for Managing Chronic Disease, Ann Arbor, US. Professor Piette is a global leader in innovation for chronic disease self-management support. His work focuses on improving access to quality self-management support among patients with a variety of chronic…